Top 25 Best Black Actresses

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Ruby Dee

Ruby Dee has had a long and prosperous career in film, from her role in the epic Black movie and play Raisin in the Sun in 1961 to her Oscar-nominated role in American Gangster in 2008. She also had memorable roles alongside husband Ossie Davis in Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing and Jungle Fever. (Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)